It’s National Tooth Fairy Day! It’s a great day to celebrate your child’s healthy smile with these fun activities!

Happy Food for Healthy Teeth – Talk to your child about healthy eating and the special foods that the Tooth Fairy eats – vegetables, fruit, milk, etc. Sugar takes a bit of sparkle away from the tooth fairy! Make the Tooth Fairy sparkle by eating only happy food for healthy teeth today!

Keep Yourself in the Know – Most toothpaste brands have tips on their sites about caring for your child’s teeth. Be sure you are in the know!

Think Outside the Bank – Some people think the Tooth Fairy needs to leave behind a small dowry. The excitement is not in the amount of money left in the pillow, but in the celebration of hitting another milestone. Other ideas besides leaving money are: leave a congratulatory certificate, a letter from the Tooth Fairy, a shiny penny from the year your child was born, a gift certificate to do one of your child’s favorite activities with her or a scavenger hunt to find the gift left from the Tooth Fairy.

I have found a little two minute sand “timer” to be very nice- to get them to brush long enough! They LOVE the little thing. They fight over who gets to turn it over. I keep using the “trainer” toothpaste a bit longer than “they” SAY to do so- because I notice that even the four year old doesn’t actually spit out the paste. AND they complain about “too hot” with majority of the “bigger” kid pastes with flouride. They are getting enough flouride in their city water, I do think.
So, with the combo of the timer and paste they LOVE to use- they have NO cavities to date! Their check ups are good.

I didn’t know there was a tooth fairy day! Our tooth fairy does some magic… we put the tooth in a clear glass of water and set it on the dresser. The tooth fairy comes, takes the tooth and magically changes the color of the water! 😉

These are great ideas! My daughter has lost quite a few teeth in dramatic ways ( hit by a softball, rehearsal dinner for a wedding she was a flower girl in, then another at the wedding reception). This latest loose tooth is stressing her out. Needs to come out. Gonna try all these ideas to make the whole tooth experience fun again.